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2021

DiMiceli, C; Townshend, J; Carroll, M; Sohlberg, R (2021). Evolution of the representation of global vegetation by vegetation continuous fields. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, 254, 112271.

2017

Carroll, ML; DiMiceli, CM; Townshend, JRG; Sohlberg, RA; Elders, AI; Devadiga, S; Sayer, AM; Levy, RC (2017). Development of an operational land water mask for MODIS Collection 6, and influence on downstream data products. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIGITAL EARTH, 10(2), 207-218.

Song, XP; Huang, CQ; Townshend, JR (2017). Improving global land cover characterization through data fusion. GEO-SPATIAL INFORMATION SCIENCE, 20(2), 141-150.

2016

Feng, M; Sexton, JO; Channan, S; Townshend, JR (2016). A global, high-resolution (30-m) inland water body dataset for 2000: first results of a topographic-spectral classification algorithm. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIGITAL EARTH, 9(2), 113-133.

Liu, FJ; Huang, CQ; Pang, Y; Li, MX; Song, DX; Song, XP; Channan, S; Sexton, JO; Jiang, D; Zhang, P; Guo, Y; Li, YF; Townshend, JR (2016). Assessment of the three factors affecting Myanmar's forest cover change using Landsat and MODIS vegetation continuous fields data. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIGITAL EARTH, 9(6), 562-585.

Sexton, JO; Noojipady, P; Song, XP; Feng, M; Song, DX; Kim, DH; Anand, A; Huang, CQ; Channan, S; Pimm, SL; Townshend, JR (2016). Conservation policy and the measurement of forests. NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE, 6(2), 192-0.

Song, XP; Sexton, JO; Huang, CQ; Channan, S; Townshend, JR (2016). Characterizing the magnitude, timing and duration of urban growth from time series of Landsat-based estimates of impervious cover. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, 175, 1-13.

2015

Nagol, Jyoteshwar R.; Sexton, Joseph.; Kim, Do-Hyung; Anand, Anupam; Morton, Douglas; Vermote, Eric; Townshend, John R. (2015). Bidirectional effects in Landsat reflectance estimates: Is there a problem to solve?. ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING, 103, 129-135.

Song, Xiao-Peng; Huang, Chengquan; Saatchi, Sassan S.; Hansen, Matthew C.; Townshend, John R. (2015). Annual Carbon Emissions from Deforestation in the Amazon Basin between 2000 and 2010. PLOS ONE, 10(5), e0126754.

2014

Li, Mengxue; Townshend, John R. (2014). Populating digital earth: improving access to Chinese remote sensing data for terrestrial applications. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIGITAL EARTH, 7(12), 952-968.

Song, Xiao-Peng; Huang, Chengquan; Feng, Min; Sexton, Joseph O.; Channan, Saurabh; Townshend, John R. (2014). Integrating global land cover products for improved forest cover characterization: an application in North America. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIGITAL EARTH, 7(9), 709-724.

Song, Xiao-Peng; Huang, Chengquan; Sexton, Joseph O.; Channan, Saurabh; Townshend, John R. (2014). Annual Detection of Forest Cover Loss Using Time Series Satellite Measurements of Percent Tree Cover. REMOTE SENSING, 6(9), 8878-8903.

2013

Feng, M; Sexton, JO; Huang, CQ; Masek, JG; Vermote, EF; Gao, F; Narasimhan, R; Channan, S; Wolfe, RE; Townshend, JR (2013). Global surface reflectance products from Landsat: Assessment using coincident MODIS observations. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, 134, 276-293.

Sexton, JO; Song, XP; Feng, M; Noojipady, P; Anand, A; Huang, CQ; Kim, DH; Collins, KM; Channan, S; DiMiceli, C; Townshend, JR (2013). Global, 30-m resolution continuous fields of tree cover: Landsat-based rescaling of MODIS vegetation continuous fields with lidar-based estimates of error. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIGITAL EARTH, 6(5), 427-448.

2012

Feng, M; Huang, CQ; Channan, S; Vermote, EF; Masek, JG; Townshend, JR (2012). Quality assessment of Landsat surface reflectance products using MODIS data. COMPUTERS & GEOSCIENCES, 38(1), 9-22.

Townshend, JR; Masek, JG; Huang, CQ; Vermote, EF; Gao, F; Channan, S; Sexton, JO; Feng, M; Narasimhan, R; Kim, D; Song, K; Song, DX; Song, XP; Noojipady, P; Tan, B; Hansen, MC; Li, MX; Wolfe, RE (2012). Global characterization and monitoring of forest cover using Landsat data: opportunities and challenges. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIGITAL EARTH, 5(5), 373-397.

2010

Huang, CQ; Thomas, N; Goward, SN; Masek, JG; Zhu, ZL; Townshend, JRG; Vogelmann, JE (2010). Automated masking of cloud and cloud shadow for forest change analysis using Landsat images. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING, 31(20), 5449-5464.

2009

Carroll, ML, Townshend, JR, DiMiceli, CM, Noojipady, P, Sohlberg, RA (2009). A new global raster water mask at 250 m resolution. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIGITAL EARTH, 2(4), 291-308.

2008

Fang, HL, Liang, SL, Townshend, JR, Dickinson, RE (2008). Spatially and temporally continuous LAI data sets based on an integrated filtering method: Examples from North America. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, 112(1), 75-93.

Hansen, MC, Stehman, SV, Potapov, PV, Loveland, TR, Townshend, JRG, DeFries, RS, Pittman, KW, Arunarwati, B, Stolle, F, Steininger, MK, Carroll, M, DiMiceli, C (2008). Humid tropical forest clearing from 2000 to 2005 quantified by using multitemporal and multiresolution remotely sensed data. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 105(27), 9439-9444.

Huang, CQ, Song, K, Kim, S, Townshend, JRG, Davis, P, Masek, JG, Goward, SN (2008). Use of a dark object concept and support vector machines to automate forest cover change analysis. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, 112(3), 970-985.

2007

Fang, HL, Liang, SL, Kim, HY, Townshend, JR, Schaaf, CL, Strahler, AH, Dickinson, RE (2007). Developing a spatially continuous 1 km surface albedo data set over North America from Terra MODIS products. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 112(D20), D20206.

Liang, SL, Zheng, T, Wang, DD, Wang, KC, Liu, RG, Tsay, SC, Running, S, Townshend, J (2007). Mapping high-resolution incident photosynthetically active radiation over land from polar-orbiting and geostationary satellite data. PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING AND REMOTE SENSING, 73(10), 1085-1089.

2005

Hansen, MC, Townshend, JRG, Defries, RS, Carroll, M (2005). "Estimation of tree cover using MODIS data at global, continental and regional/local scales". INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING, 26(19), 4359-4380.

2003

Goward, SN, Davis, PE, Fleming, D, Miller, L, Townshend, JR (2003). Empirical comparison of Landsat 7 and IKONOS multispectral measurements for selected Earth Observation System (EOS) validation sites. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, 88(2-Jan), 80-99.

Goward, SN, Townshend, JRG, Zanoni, V, Policelli, F, Stanley, T, Ryan, R, Holekamp, K, Underwood, L, Pagnutti, M, Fletcher, R (2003). Acquisition of earth science remote sensing observations from commercial sources: lessons learned from the Space Imaging IKONOS example. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, 88(2-Jan), 209-219.

Hansen, MC, DeFries, RS, Townshend, JRG, Carroll, M, Dimiceli, C, Sohlberg, RA (2003). Global Percent Tree Cover at a Spatial Resolution of 500 Meters: First Results of the MODIS Vegetation Continuous Fields Algorithm. EARTH INTERACTIONS, 7, 10.

2002

Hansen, MC, DeFries, RS, Townshend, JRG, Marufu, L, Sohlberg, R (2002). "Development of a MODIS tree cover validation data set for Western Province, Zambia". REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, 83(2-Jan), 320-335.

Hansen, MC, DeFries, RS, Townshend, JRG, Sohlberg, R, Dimiceli, C, Carroll, M (2002). Towards an operational MODIS continuous field of percent tree cover algorithm: examples using AVHRR and MODIS data. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, 83(2-Jan), 303-319.

Huang, CQ, Townshend, JRG, Liang, SL, Kalluri, SNV, DeFries, RS (2002). Impact of sensor's point spread function on land cover characterization: assessment and deconvolution. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, 80(2), 203-212.

Justice, CO, Townshend, JRG, Vermote, EF, Masuoka, E, Wolfe, RE, Saleous, N, Roy, DP, Morisette, JT (2002). An overview of MODIS Land data processing and product status. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, 83(2-Jan), 3-15.

Townshend, JRG, Justice, CO (2002). Towards operational monitoring of terrestrial systems by moderate-resolution remote sensing. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, 83(2-Jan), 351-359.

Zhan, X, Sohlberg, RA, Townshend, JRG, DiMiceli, C, Carroll, ML, Eastman, JC, Hansen, MC, DeFries, RS (2002). Detection of land cover changes using MODIS 250 m data. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, 83(2-Jan), 336-350.

2000

El Saleous, NZ, Vermote, EF, Justice, CO, Townshend, JRG, Tucker, CJ, Goward, SN (2000). Improvements in the global biospheric record from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING, 21(7-Jun), 1251-1277.

Hansen, MC, Defries, RS, Townshend, JRG, Sohlberg, R (2000). Global land cover classification at 1km spatial resolution using a classification tree approach. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING, 21(7-Jun), 1331-1364.

Teillet, PM, El Saleous, N, Hansen, MC, Eidenshink, JC, Justice, CO, Townshend, JRG (2000). An evaluation of the global 1-km AVHRR land dataset. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING, 21(10), 1987-2021.

Zhan, X, Defries, R, Townshend, JRG, Dimiceli, C, Hansen, M, Huang, C, Sohlberg, R (2000). The 250 m global land cover change product from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer of NASA's Earth Observing System. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING, 21(7-Jun), 1433-1460.

1998

De Fries, RS, Hansen, M, Townshend, JRG, Sohlberg, R (1998). Global land cover classifications at 8 km spatial resolution: the use of training data derived from Landsat imagery in decision tree classifiers. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING, 19(16), 3141-3168.

Justice, CO, Vermote, E, Townshend, JRG, Defries, R, Roy, DP, Hall, DK, Salomonson, VV, Privette, JL, Riggs, G, Strahler, A, Lucht, W, Myneni, RB, Knyazikhin, Y, Running, SW, Nemani, RR, Wan, ZM, Huete, AR, van Leeuwen, W, Wolfe, RE, Giglio, L, Muller, JP, Lewis, P, Barnsley, MJ (1998). The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS): Land remote sensing for global change research. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING, 36(4), 1228-1249.

1994

JUSTICE, CO, TOWNSHEND, JR (1994). DATA SETS FOR GLOBAL REMOTE-SENSING - LESSONS LEARNT. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING, 15(17), 3621-3639.

1992

TOWNSHEND, JRG, JUSTICE, CO, GURNEY, C, MCMANUS, J (1992). THE IMPACT OF MISREGISTRATION ON CHANGE DETECTION. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING, 30(5), 1054-1060.

1991

TOWNSHEND, J, JUSTICE, C, LI, W, GURNEY, C, MCMANUS, J (1991). GLOBAL LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION BY REMOTE-SENSING - PRESENT CAPABILITIES AND FUTURE POSSIBILITIES. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, 35(3-Feb), 243-255.

1987

JUSTICE, CO, TOWNSHEND, JRG, MARKHAM, BL (1987). MODIS SPATIAL-RESOLUTION STUDY. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING, 8(8), 1119-1121.